Ala Moana


 
 

Ala Moana in the Hawaiian language means path to the sea. It is the name of a commercial, retail and residential district of Honolulu, Hawai?i nestled between Waikīkī to the east, Kaka?ako and Honolulu Harbor to the west. King Street to its north marks the border with the neighborhood of Makiki.

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Ala Moana is situated along the southern shores of the island of O?ahu and features a vast stretch of white sandy beaches. The civic center of Ala Moana is Ala Moana Center, once the largest shopping center in the United States and today the largest open air shopping center in the world.

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Across the street from Ala Moana Center is Ala Moana Beach Park and Magic Island, dedicated by President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1930s. The main roads through Ala Moana are Ala Moana Boulevard and Kapi?olani Boulevard.

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A la terrasse
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Femme a La Fleur c.1932
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Hymne a la Lumiere
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